【摘要】Technical innovation has moved to center stage in contemporary debates oneconomic theory and policy, and Chris Freeman and Luc Soete have played a prominentpart in these debates. For this new edition of The Economics of IndustrialInnovation, they have rewritten all the existing chapters and added ten new onesthat address recent advances in theory and in policymaking. In the new chapters theydeal with the international dimensions of technical change includingunderdevelopment, technology transfer, international trade, and globalization. Theyhave also strengthened the historical account of the rise of new technologies, amain feature of earlier editions. They take advantage of their experience onprojects for the OECD, the European Union, and industry in other new chapters onThe Information Society and on environmental issues, as well as in the updateddiscussion of science and technology policy.

【文献来源】C Freeman. The Economics of Industrial Innovation. Social Science Electronic Publishing, 2009, 7(2).